I liked Hatfield too. Hatfield did very well regular season because one week wasn't enough time to prepare for the wishbone or flexbone as Hatfield called it since few if any other teams ran the wishbone. However, Hatfield was lousy in bowl games because teams had plenty of time to prepare.

Sat with him at a game several years ago. You knew you were around greatness. The flexbone was fun to watch. Not sure of his exact numbers but I think he won round 50 games in 5 years.

I have been around a long time being a Hog fan and I believe we've never had huge problems getting money from the big money people. I am sure they required a few special things come their way but they were way overpaying for it. I doubt Long is getting any more money from our typical boosters than about any decent person who showed he had the best interest of the University and its sports programs and would manage whatever given to that best interest.

There are rumors that those Skyboxes are not selling at the high prices asked for in the beginning. I do not know that, personally.

Respectfully, Jeff Long's singular legacy will be having fired the best coach the Razorbacks had. His public castigation and relegating him to the wilderness only to be reincarnated at Louisville with Heisman quality competitors proves his ability to coach. As for making mistakes, who will cast the first 100 stones?

Respectfully, Jeff Long's singular legacy will be having fired the best coach the Razorbacks had. His public castigation and relegating him to the wilderness only to be reincarnated at Louisville with Heisman quality competitors proves his ability to coach. As for making mistakes, who will cast the first 100 stones?

Louisville has some huge issues to deal with right now. Will not be surprised if doesn't bleed over into football. Thier AD probably won't survive.

I'll take Long as our AD right now. Things could get ugly with FBI sting.

Jeff acts like our opinion doesn’t matter as long as the players grades good and stay out trouble. Well it’s our tax dollars and donations paying for Jeff Long and Bret Beilama jobs so our opinion should matter . Jeff Long’s personality comes across as whitty like the Little Rock Touchdown club Luncheon he acted like we were idiots after every question .He talked down to people at the event acting like we weren’t smart enough to understand Beilama’s hard life of getting paid 4 million a year situation !

Jeff acts like our opinion doesnt matter as long as the players grades good and stay out trouble. Well its our tax dollars and donations paying for Jeff Long and Bret Beilama jobs so our opinion should matter . Jeff Longs personality comes across as whitty like the Little Rock Touchdown club Luncheon he acted like we were idiots after every question .He talked down to people at the event acting like we werent smart enough to understand Beilamas hard life of getting paid 4 million a year situation !

70,000 + paid attendance for today. He's not even unhappy a bit bout our situation. Chuck Barrett said prior to the game it looked like 55-60,000 actual attendance.

Listened to the problem with Hogs sports in a radio interview last week.

Guys from the big Little Rock radio station were interviewing Long.

Problem 1: Those guys were too chicken&%*# to ask one question about Bielema. And that's an issue for all the state media. None of them hold anyone on The Hill accountable. They would lose "access."

Problem 2: Not once, not once, did Long mention anything on the field. All he talked about was money. Until the AD cares about winning, the coaches won't.

I understand how important money is. Yada. Yada. Yada. We are constantly ranked in the nation's top 20 in terms of revenue and profit. Yet, we don't reside there on the field.

I'm ready for that to change.

This is SO dead on correct! This administration has insulated itself from any media pressure. We have NO media, just total homers. Big problem. The cause: Jeff Long cares about Jeff Long, not the Hogs.

This is SO dead on correct! This administration has insulated itself from any media pressure. We have NO media, just total homers. Big problem. The cause: Jeff Long cares about Jeff Long, not the Hogs.

I don't even know if I buy into this anymore. He didn't come here with any malice in mind. I just think he was a bad pick for a SEC team. I think he was put in a position which seemed self promoting but I have my doubts bout that. I think BP had to much power and his ego was out of control and Long made a bad decision in a jam. Now its snowballed on him with a bad HC pick. Either way given his other choices before, I don't think he or they are what we need and are bad fits which don't need to be picking our next coach.

I don't even know if I buy into this anymore. He didn't come here with any malice in mind. I just think he was a bad pick for a SEC team. I think he was put in a position which seemed self promoting but I have my doubts bout that. I think BP had to much power and his ego was out of control and Long made a bad decision in a jam. Now its snowballed on him with a bad HC pick. Either way given his other choices before, I don't think he or they are what we need and are bad fits which don't need to be picking our next coach.

I don't think he has any malice either. The problem is he has no love for us. Its just a job to him. When the crisis happened, he used it to promote HIMSELF, not the UofA. Petrino had to be fired. No doubt. But Long prolonged it, fake cried on TV, lied about potential lawsuits, dragged the coach through the mud, and milked the crisis all he could - ALL to promote his OWN brand. It was great for him. Got him instant fame and chair of the playoff committee, etc. But it was very bad for the UofA, especially in how we are viewed by coaches we might want to hire. No coach wants to work for a man that everyone watched throw a coach under the bus. (More accurately, Petrino threw himself under, but Long backed the bus over him a couple times.)

we've only averaged, since joining the SEC, a season SEC record of 4-4 per season. (we've never had an undefeated SEC season). And we've had 7, 2-6 SEC season records, since joining the SEC, and only one of them has been under Bielema's watch.............. what's your point?

Jeff Long does everything about his job extremely well...except hiring and firing coaches, which is the most important role of an AD. Going after Jim Grobe, Tommy Bowden, etc shows he just doesn't have the gift for identifying coaches who can succeed here. His best hires are Bielema and Anderson, who can best be described as 'pretty good'. I'm not sure Petrino counts since he was also fired, and only after Grobe and Bowden didn't work out. An almost accidental hire anyway.

we've only averaged, since joining the SEC, a season SEC record of 4-4 per season. (we've never had an undefeated SEC season). And we've had 7, 2-6 SEC season records, since joining the SEC, and only one of them has been under Bielema's watch.............. what's your point?

Jeff acts like our opinion doesn’t matter as long as the players grades good and stay out trouble. Well it’s our tax dollars and donations paying for Jeff Long and Bret Beilama jobs so our opinion should matter . Jeff Long’s personality comes across as whitty like the Little Rock Touchdown club Luncheon he acted like we were idiots after every question .He talked down to people at the event acting like we weren’t smart enough to understand Beilama’s hard life of getting paid 4 million a year situation !

Jeff acts like our opinion doesn’t matter as long as the players grades good and stay out trouble. Well it’s our tax dollars and donations paying for Jeff Long and Bret Beilama jobs so our opinion should matter . Jeff Long’s personality comes across as whitty like the Little Rock Touchdown club Luncheon he acted like we were idiots after every question .He talked down to people at the event acting like we weren’t smart enough to understand Beilama’s hard life of getting paid 4 million a year situation !

Hell of an argument when you can't even spell "Bielema" correctly. You're probably one of those who expects a politician you didn't even vote for to cater to you and vote in line with your views because he/she is paid by your tax dollars.

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Jeff Long does everything about his job extremely well...except hiring and firing coaches, which is the most important role of an AD. Going after Jim Grobe, Tommy Bowden, etc shows he just doesn't have the gift for identifying coaches who can succeed here. His best hires are Bielema and Anderson, who can best be described as 'pretty good'. I'm not sure Petrino counts since he was also fired, and only after Grobe and Bowden didn't work out. An almost accidental hire anyway.

Bielema is statistically one of the worst coaches to ever coach here. What is "pretty good" about that?

I put these lists up here to show that teams of National prominence today once were very mediocre and would go as far as to say weren't as much a national power as we were years before. They made moves in AD's and coaches which flipped the switch in recruiting and they skyrocketed to success. I believe the right coaches and systems could be put in place here and we could move way up the ladder in recruiting. I know some of you don't think we can do it but I do.

High graduation rates, successful programs across the board, impressive facility growth, and respect of his colleagues across the country. The football program may have things to work out, but that is a small part of who an AD is. Jeff Long has been and will continue to be an excellent man for the job!